Backed by a kickstarter campaign, a new perfume is being created that is inspired by NASA astronauts’ descriptions of the smell of space.
According to a Designboom feature, Eau de Space – developed by chemist and Omega Ingredients Founder Steve Pearce – is a perfume based on the scent developed decades ago for astronauts in training to prepare them for extra-terrestrial experiences beyond the atmosphere.
The original formula for this scent is taken from accounts by astronauts who have returned from space and who describe the smell as “seared steak, raspberries and rum” and “a bitter kind of smell in addition to being smokey and burned … like a smell from a gun, right after you fire the shot”.
Pearce went on to mention that the team’s next project will extend this idea of out-of-this-world smells and focus on the smell of the moon.
